The Dillon tribune., 1887-05-13
rr1pGErs TESTIMONY
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coMpls" ..,,,o HAVE TRIED SERVICE


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~ :. pon.-rhc L'nts'''ne"e~> Co.,. :, 49,.
;, 80 ser,,co - Prisoner" VINO ~'
'...rd Eycrlastinsly.
,,,s list stands Margaret NJ,
First on .;oon ~, % years old and for hve
~ AncIlo saaner box factory. Seven 9th.
years III M thc;r assent, or added !" WORD
| ets noale.ii .i,src "a she gave her view. Two
here a.N. .,.,rc Irish Americans who had
II thcIn "c .oor, in tho public schools.
had :i.s, SON. f,cscJom that we want when the
"its i,.i. 10 done. / know some nice
dsy's nn.sinet,s nJ.n cousins, that make more
orr. md dress better and everything
none; = oi IN service. They're waitresses
NJ os'm, sav, " Thursday afternoon out ana
sart @ Of every other Sunday: nuE oey se
Is.er .s IS suro Of one minute that's their own
"hcn 1I.s they're in the house. Our oay Is
y ~ |honrs long, but when It's done lts
,ano m '' md We can do what VIC IKE WIN
S~ sUas. evenings. That's what I've heard
,, sne o, cverr nice girl that ever tried SER
H~" ''a vn;,'re never surc that your souls
VIZ. W.. avn. except when you aro o:lt OF the
yors onsc anl / couldn't stand that Q day.
r,o.,o rvus., cnrc lust as much for freedom a.
WI wua Jo OF course thcy don't get SO
a'." n',a,, >' M,t I know I'd fight for mine"
n'"yu' MxVhat mindca," said q gentle, quiet
=, ,yho worked ut stationcr's, and who
sad tried household service for y ycar-
u.J r.rhot 7 minded was the awful lonesome
.o.a went for general houacwork be-
.anco knew all about it, and there wero
.nlv three in t,o family. never minded
soino alone evenings in my own room. for
m, alwavs reading or something and
inn,t 20 out hardly at all; but then al
rars a.,, Know can and that there is some
S"iv HsI to talk to il I like. But there, ex-
eent I to give orders, they had nothing to
dowith me- It got to feel sort OF crush
inc at last. cried myself sick, and ut
list / gave it up, though don't mind the
work at fli.
HATED THE VERT WORLDS.
Third came an Irish american whose
mother had been cook for years in one
family. but who had, after & few months
Af service, gone into jute mill. followed
gradually by five sisters.
~ hate thc very words service and SER
yaut," she said. "Wc came to this coun.
try to better ourselves. and it's not bet
teriny to Lave anybody ordering YOU
round"
"But you arc ordered In the mill.'
"That's different. a MAJ, knows what
he WAITS aud doesn't go beyond it, but Il
woman never knows what ahe wants nnd
bosses you eycrlastinsly. II there was
such thing rs fixed hours it might bt
different, but + tell every girl I know
Whatever you do, don't 90 into service
You'll always Ec prisoners and always
kokcd down upon. You can do things at
horne 10: them as belongs to you, bu
somehow it secE,s different to do fol
strangers. Anyway, I hate it, and there's
plenty like me-
"Wc,ncn arc always harder on wumei
than Hell are," said u fur sewer, an intel
Igent American about 30. II got tiret
Of alwa-s sitting and took plac,
Is cham,ernaid. Tho work was all righ
and the wages good, but I'll tell 70,
what couldn't stand. The cook and til,
waitress wero just common, unetlucatet
Irish, and had to room with one ant
stand tho personal habits OF both. and tn,
way thoy did at table took ell my appe
lite. couldn't eat, and began to rul
DOWN, and ut last gave notice and tol.
the truth when was asked why. Th
Lady just looked at me astonishcd. 4
you take servants place you can't ex
pect to b. ono Of tho family she said. $
never asked it. said. All I ask is
chance at common decency.' 1T will b
dimcult to find al easier place than this,
she said, and knew 1t, but case one wa,
vas hardness another, end she coulln'
60 that had any right to complain
That's one trouble in tho way. It's th
mixing up of things, and n,istrcssos dom
think how they would feel in the san,
place. Helen Campbell IN New Yorl
Tribune.
Sccnc In the, Persian Palace.